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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Weekend wrought with incidents

All the help in the world did little to salvage The Tampa Bay Rays' pitiable performance during last night's game. 

Speaking of help, the Philadelphia police is asking the public for assistance in the following incidents over the weekend:

- A 30-year-old man was shot to death early yesterday morning in North Philadelphia , police said. Derrick Lamar Need, of North 7th Street near Oxford, was shot once in the chest about 2:25 a.m. on Ridge Avenue near Sedgley, said police spokeswoman Officer Tania Little. He was shot one time in the chest, she said. Medics transported Need to Temple University Hospital , where he was pronounced dead at 2:57 a.m. Police knew of no motive or suspects in the case. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334 or 3335.

 - A 39-year-old man driving in Southwest Philadelphia early yesterday morning was killed when he rammed his vehicle into a SEPTA barrier on Island and Buist avenues, police said. A second passenger in the car was in stable condition yesterday at Mercy Hospital . The car overturned after it hit the barrier where riders wait for the SEPTA trolley, police said. The man, who police have not identified, was killed instantly. Accident Investigation Division is overseeing the investigation. Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to call them at 215-685-3180.

 - A man was shot multiple times yesterday morning and is in critical condition at Temple University Hospital, police said. The victim, in his 30s, was shot four times about 10:30 a.m. on Front Street and Indiana Avenue, in Kensington, said Little. He was struck twice in the chest and one time each in the right arm and stomach, she said. He underwent surgery yesterday, said a supervisor at East Detectives. Police knew of no motive for the shooting, which is still under investigation. Tipsters: call the Special Investigations Unit at East Detectives, 215-685-9854.

 

 

 
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Dana DiFilippo has covered murder, mayhem and miscellany at the Daily News since 2000. She grew up in Delaware County and studied journalism and photography at Penn State University. E-mail tips to difilid@phillynews.com.

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Stephanie Farr has been reporting for the Daily News since 2007, covering everything from gay porn stars who entered the burglary business to moon trees, skinheads, murders and naked bike rides. She covers crime, both in the city and suburbs, and keeps clippings of bizarre Associated Press articles. Her favorite this year was the story about the drunk in Punxsutawney who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead opossum. E-mail tips to farrs@phillynews.com.

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Phillip Lucas joined the Daily News crime team in 2011. He grew up on the mean streets of Seattle and studied journalism and psychology at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Before landing in the City of Brotherly Love, Phillip was a reporter for The News Journal in Wilmington, Del. Email tips to lucasp@phillynews.com.

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Morgan Zalot is the newest crime reporter at the Daily News, starting in 2011 after interning at the paper twice as a Temple University journalism student. In her past stints at the DN, she covered just about everything, from drunken Phillies fans to a barber shop in a high school to a grisly murder-suicide. She’s a born-and-raised Philly girl who grew up in the Northeast. E-mail tips to zalotm@philly.com.

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